VISUALIZING VERY LARGE-SCALE CONVERSATIONS Warren Sack
... be considered to be completely unalike one another – like the two terms “argument” and “building” -- show up in very similar contexts. For example, one can say “The building is shaky” but one can also say “The argument is shaky.” One can say “The building collapsed” and also “The argument collapsed. ...
... be considered to be completely unalike one another – like the two terms “argument” and “building” -- show up in very similar contexts. For example, one can say “The building is shaky” but one can also say “The argument is shaky.” One can say “The building collapsed” and also “The argument collapsed. ...
3. On the costs of conceptualizing social ties as
... its basic sense with an important property, fungibility- which allows us to measure meaningfully the total amount of capital possessed by an individ ual or collective entity. For these reasons, I prefer to understand capital in its most conventional sense as economic, rather than simply physical, c ...
... its basic sense with an important property, fungibility- which allows us to measure meaningfully the total amount of capital possessed by an individ ual or collective entity. For these reasons, I prefer to understand capital in its most conventional sense as economic, rather than simply physical, c ...
myth of us
... A new myth about the collectivities we form when we use platforms such as Facebook. An emerging myth of natural collectivity that is particularly seductive, because here traditional media institutions seem to drop out altogether from the picture: the story is focussed entirely on what ‘we’ do natur ...
... A new myth about the collectivities we form when we use platforms such as Facebook. An emerging myth of natural collectivity that is particularly seductive, because here traditional media institutions seem to drop out altogether from the picture: the story is focussed entirely on what ‘we’ do natur ...
Time and space in cyber social reality
... introduction, the basic definitions from Boudreau and Newman are extended to encompass the field of online communication. The use of technology alters the construction of social reality in several ways, blurs the borders between technology and sociality, and thus brings to mind the actants3 of Latou ...
... introduction, the basic definitions from Boudreau and Newman are extended to encompass the field of online communication. The use of technology alters the construction of social reality in several ways, blurs the borders between technology and sociality, and thus brings to mind the actants3 of Latou ...
Social Exclusion and Ethnic Groups: The
... Thomas Kuhn (1962) stressed just this point in his influential work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. On the other hand, hatred, enmity, antagonism, and conflict among racial groups are universal cultural phenomena, observable through the ages and still prevalent today. This is so despite th ...
... Thomas Kuhn (1962) stressed just this point in his influential work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. On the other hand, hatred, enmity, antagonism, and conflict among racial groups are universal cultural phenomena, observable through the ages and still prevalent today. This is so despite th ...
THE NEW SOCIAL POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE
... areas as education and vocational training, health and community development. The result is the multiplication of interface situations at which government agencies, NGOs, community organizations and people in the community come into contact and, at times, confrontation over social policy and at whic ...
... areas as education and vocational training, health and community development. The result is the multiplication of interface situations at which government agencies, NGOs, community organizations and people in the community come into contact and, at times, confrontation over social policy and at whic ...
Social Network Analysis
... – Is generally an active player in the network. – Is often a connector or hub in the network. – s not necessarily the most connected entity in the network (an entity may have a large number of relationships, the majority of which point to low-level entities). – May be in an advantaged position in th ...
... – Is generally an active player in the network. – Is often a connector or hub in the network. – s not necessarily the most connected entity in the network (an entity may have a large number of relationships, the majority of which point to low-level entities). – May be in an advantaged position in th ...
Group Patterns, Joint Action and Social Cognition: the
... KEY WORDS: Affiliative behavior, Joint action, Group cognition, Coalition ...
... KEY WORDS: Affiliative behavior, Joint action, Group cognition, Coalition ...
Formalism and Relationalism in Social Network Theory
... interest in culture, agency and values, the field will (finally) become theoretical (Emirbayer and Goodwin 1994). Doug McAdam echoes their sentiments: “network theory fails to offer a plausible model of individual action” (1992, p. 60). These criticisms have plagued network analysis for decades. Ear ...
... interest in culture, agency and values, the field will (finally) become theoretical (Emirbayer and Goodwin 1994). Doug McAdam echoes their sentiments: “network theory fails to offer a plausible model of individual action” (1992, p. 60). These criticisms have plagued network analysis for decades. Ear ...
to the social sciences
... engineers’ (by opposition to that of science and engineering) had very reasonably done in the fifties (Merton 1973)? All difficulties would evaporate. Yes, that is the point: everything would be vaporized, including the goal of social sciences as well. To be sure, there would be no scandal left if i ...
... engineers’ (by opposition to that of science and engineering) had very reasonably done in the fifties (Merton 1973)? All difficulties would evaporate. Yes, that is the point: everything would be vaporized, including the goal of social sciences as well. To be sure, there would be no scandal left if i ...
Evidence and Objectivity in the Social Sciences
... entities are to be found, what their properties are, and what causal relations obtain among them. Science aims at producing knowledge about natural and social phenomena. And this aim brings with it a concern for truth, a concern for rational standards of belief assessment, and a commitment to the no ...
... entities are to be found, what their properties are, and what causal relations obtain among them. Science aims at producing knowledge about natural and social phenomena. And this aim brings with it a concern for truth, a concern for rational standards of belief assessment, and a commitment to the no ...
Happiness: Between What We Want and What We Need
... is a necessity [2]. Qualitatively speaking we can say that a want is further to reach, relative to the desire on needing things. For needs can be described leveled, to stay alive, people should provide their basic needs, i.e.: food, dress, and shelter. Some other secondary needs are necessary to kee ...
... is a necessity [2]. Qualitatively speaking we can say that a want is further to reach, relative to the desire on needing things. For needs can be described leveled, to stay alive, people should provide their basic needs, i.e.: food, dress, and shelter. Some other secondary needs are necessary to kee ...
IfS DP 02_2013 Social Network Analysis and the Sociology of
... When discussing sociological network theory, we follow an innovative script that invites academic and economic and policy issues of real societies and economies (as opposed to abstract societies and economies) as subjects for research. Network research, especially when applied, is increasingly inter ...
... When discussing sociological network theory, we follow an innovative script that invites academic and economic and policy issues of real societies and economies (as opposed to abstract societies and economies) as subjects for research. Network research, especially when applied, is increasingly inter ...
learn more - Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D.
... both to mirror reality and to appear similar to all normal people, straightforwardly "ground" theoretical constructs in reality." In consequence, atheoretical research is said to be both possible and desirable. For example, in an article on "Evaluating One's Own Effectiveness and Efficiency," Bloom ...
... both to mirror reality and to appear similar to all normal people, straightforwardly "ground" theoretical constructs in reality." In consequence, atheoretical research is said to be both possible and desirable. For example, in an article on "Evaluating One's Own Effectiveness and Efficiency," Bloom ...
Soreanu, Raluca, 2010. Metaphor in the Social Sciences
... constructivism (or “middle ground constructivism”) provides the safe terrain where both mainstream rationalist IR and critical IR can talk to each other.9 The considerable emotional energy surrounding Wendt could, however, point to some dangerous forms of forgetfulness in relation to other strands o ...
... constructivism (or “middle ground constructivism”) provides the safe terrain where both mainstream rationalist IR and critical IR can talk to each other.9 The considerable emotional energy surrounding Wendt could, however, point to some dangerous forms of forgetfulness in relation to other strands o ...
A MORAL IMAGINATION: PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY—and
... their own contextual realities. Reading the Bible by moving back and forth interpretively between the world of the biblical text and the realities of the world where they live, they interpret the “meaning or significance of the text” that emerges from this process into a practical application to the ...
... their own contextual realities. Reading the Bible by moving back and forth interpretively between the world of the biblical text and the realities of the world where they live, they interpret the “meaning or significance of the text” that emerges from this process into a practical application to the ...
Tunnel vision - Engaging with the world – Eriksen`s site
... ones. The question is, where does this view depart from that of Pinker? One of Pinker’s supporters, Matt Ridley (2003), has analysed the interplay between innate potentials and experience in ways largely compatible with both Geertzian hermeneutics and neoDarwinism. Pinker himself pays lip service to ...
... ones. The question is, where does this view depart from that of Pinker? One of Pinker’s supporters, Matt Ridley (2003), has analysed the interplay between innate potentials and experience in ways largely compatible with both Geertzian hermeneutics and neoDarwinism. Pinker himself pays lip service to ...
Slides
... [1] P. Bonacich. Power and centrality: a family of measures. American Journal of Sociology, 92:1170–1182, 1987. [2] C. Hubbell. An input-output approach to clique identification. Sociometry,28:377–399, 1965. ...
... [1] P. Bonacich. Power and centrality: a family of measures. American Journal of Sociology, 92:1170–1182, 1987. [2] C. Hubbell. An input-output approach to clique identification. Sociometry,28:377–399, 1965. ...
Talcott Parsons: An Outline of the Social System
... systems. The relevance of this hierarchy applies, of course, to all the components distinguished according to the first of our three ranges of variation, to structures, functions, mechanisms, and categories of input and output. The most strategic starting point for explaining this basic set of class ...
... systems. The relevance of this hierarchy applies, of course, to all the components distinguished according to the first of our three ranges of variation, to structures, functions, mechanisms, and categories of input and output. The most strategic starting point for explaining this basic set of class ...
Chapter 6 – Prejudice, conflict and conflict reduction
... Q: Immigrants come from less able races and this explains why they are not as well off as most British people – strongly agree/somewhat agree/somewhat disagree/strongly disagree ...
... Q: Immigrants come from less able races and this explains why they are not as well off as most British people – strongly agree/somewhat agree/somewhat disagree/strongly disagree ...
Symbolic interactionism - integrating the language sciences
... his own feelings of pride or mortification. Another contribution by Cooley was his model of society as an organism. “Self and society,” he said, “are twin-born.” What he means by this is that the self and society are linked by an unbreakable bond. This is why he speaks of society as an organism. His ...
... his own feelings of pride or mortification. Another contribution by Cooley was his model of society as an organism. “Self and society,” he said, “are twin-born.” What he means by this is that the self and society are linked by an unbreakable bond. This is why he speaks of society as an organism. His ...
Social Work in Europe - University of Ostrava
... Figure 2: Some aspects of the different welfare state models Of course, the respective national orientation of the welfare state also has an important influence on the strategies and methods of social work. While social workers in the Nordic countries are authorized and assigned to provide their cli ...
... Figure 2: Some aspects of the different welfare state models Of course, the respective national orientation of the welfare state also has an important influence on the strategies and methods of social work. While social workers in the Nordic countries are authorized and assigned to provide their cli ...
Race and place: social space in the production of human kinds
... commonality. The operational space of humans who are not lacking in one or more of the senses is similar, thus humans share a basic phenomenological experience of space. Since, however, our species also experiences space socially, there is also room for uniqueness. Uniqueness in spatial experience a ...
... commonality. The operational space of humans who are not lacking in one or more of the senses is similar, thus humans share a basic phenomenological experience of space. Since, however, our species also experiences space socially, there is also room for uniqueness. Uniqueness in spatial experience a ...
BLOCK 3 PRIVATE TROUBLES AND PUBLIC ISSUES
... condition that should be responded to, and the legitimation of some form of social intervention a s the appropriate means of responding to that condition For example, until the early twentieth century, 'unemployment' as a soclal condition was not seen as requiring any form of state or social interve ...
... condition that should be responded to, and the legitimation of some form of social intervention a s the appropriate means of responding to that condition For example, until the early twentieth century, 'unemployment' as a soclal condition was not seen as requiring any form of state or social interve ...
PDF - ProtoSociology
... changes. This emerged out of Eisenstadt‘s research on comparative macrosociological studies. His analysis started with the political systems of empires. This analysis has led to a critique by Eisenstadt on the classical theory of modernization and results in an initial Research Program in this speci ...
... changes. This emerged out of Eisenstadt‘s research on comparative macrosociological studies. His analysis started with the political systems of empires. This analysis has led to a critique by Eisenstadt on the classical theory of modernization and results in an initial Research Program in this speci ...